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Markdown to HTML Converter

"tldr": Paste Markdown and get clean HTML - headings, lists, links, code blocks, and GFM tables converted instantly.

Convert Markdown into clean, semantic HTML: headings to <h1>-<h6>, lists to <ul>/<ol>, fenced code to <pre><code>, plus GitHub-flavored extensions - tables, strikethrough, and task lists.

{"markdown": "html"}

The output is unstyled by design: semantic tags that inherit whatever CSS the destination has, which is what you want when pasting into a CMS, an email template, docs, or a component. For editing with live preview, use our full Markdown Editor - this page is the quick one-shot conversion.

How to convert Markdown to HTML

  1. 1Paste your Markdown - CommonMark plus GFM tables, strikethrough, and task lists are supported.
  2. 2The HTML output updates instantly.
  3. 3Copy the semantic HTML into your page, CMS, or template.
  4. 4Style it with your own CSS - the output deliberately carries no inline styles.

Convert Markdown to HTML in code

JavaScript (marked)
import { marked } from "marked"; // npm install marked

const html = marked.parse(markdown, { async: false });
Python
import markdown  # pip install markdown

html = markdown.markdown(text, extensions=["tables", "fenced_code"])

Frequently asked questions

Is the generated HTML safe to inject into my page?

Markdown can contain raw HTML, including scripts - so if the source is untrusted (user comments), sanitize the output with DOMPurify or equivalent before inserting it into the DOM. For your own content, it is fine as-is.

Why does my converted HTML look unstyled?

Because clean output has no inline CSS - it inherits the destination styles. If you need a styled standalone document, wrap it in a template with a stylesheet (GitHub-markdown-css is a popular drop-in) or use our Markdown Editor's styled export.

Which Markdown flavor is this?

CommonMark with the GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) extensions - the de facto standard. Dialect-specific extras from other ecosystems (Obsidian wikilinks, Pandoc citations) pass through as plain text.

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